Names a short but pivotal dynasty: 隋朝 reunified China after centuries of division and dug the Grand Canal, paving the way for the 唐朝. Outside the dynasty name it survives mainly as a surname.
Left-side mound radical 阝, here the left-position form standing for 阜 (mound). On the left it commonly relates to terrain and places; in this character it is mainly the historical structural element.
Lower-right ⺼ is the flesh/meat element (the body-part form, not the moon 月). With 左 above it forms the right block; the dynasty meaning is a later borrowing of the sound.
